Monday, 7 January 2013

Hey people, Just thought to share this information which I think is useful."My dear Nigerian Christian song writer/ minister, PLEASE !!! there's nothing spiritual about NOT registering or copy-writing your songs, in fact it is scriptural and spiritual. That's why there are such things as the Psalms of David, song of Moses, epistle of John, Paul, Mark, Matthew etc. Most of the very beautiful hymns we sing today aren't any different either. At the very least, let's know you, the story behind the song(s) and celebrate God's grace.

I got an email from Israel Houghton requesting to do a Nigerian song we did on our Choir album project, but there was no way to trace the writer. Indeed most Naija Choruses are tagged PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS, in order words "we nor sabi the writer".

Let's imbibe a culture of documenting, recording and registering ideas, concepts and inventions. So make this one of your new year's resolution - you never know. God bless you o..-"Nathaniel Bassey

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

I must say that I have every reason
to be grateful to God for a wonderful year. Yes 2012 had its ups and downs but
God saw me through it. I started the year with my high hopes and super
expectations amazingly; God did 98% of all the things I asked from him at the
beginning of the year. I know the remaining 2% will come at his appointed time.
I started the year with a desire to move closer to God and work in his perfect
plan for my life. I am so happy I found my steps back to my creator and I have
had no regrets.

The year cannot slip by without me
remembering the DANA AIR tragedy of June 3, the bombings and killings across
Nigeria, the death of veteran actors Pete Eneh and Enebeli Elebuwa, death of
Remi Lagos, the flooding in the Niger Delta that displaced thousands of people,
Hurricane Sandy that killed and rendered people homeless in America, the
helicopter crash that killed a Governor and army General, the suicide bombers
that attacked Airtel and MTN offices in Kano a few days ago, the killing of the
4 young men in Aluu and most recently the shooting and killing of 20 children
and 6 teachers in Newtown, Connecticut and a host of other horrific incidents.
We have seen tears and blood but as humans...we are still standing.

The bible says that “God will have
mercy upon whom he chooses have mercy, and he will have compassion upon whom he
chooses to have compassion”. The fact that we are alive to write and read this
message is not because we are better than those who have died. It is not
because we are more beautiful or more handsome or have done more good than they
have...it’s just because God has decided to spare us. Can we question him for
choosing us over those people...NO! Can we question him for allowing those
things to happen...NO! All I can say is that for the time that I will be here
on earth, I will make the most of it, live right, do God’s will, help the
needy, value my friends and family and live my life for me! Not everyone will
love me. Not everyone will like my style. Not everyone will be crazy about the
things I stand for but hey...I am not living my life to impress the world. I am
living my life for God. I don’t have to please you because pleasing you will
mean I have to displease 50 other people. So why waste my time trying to
impress 6 billion other people on this planet when I can just please one
person...GOD!

It’s time to step up and step out, it’s
time to dream big because its free, it’s time to take off your shoes and dance,
it’s time to take that chance, it’s time to set yourself free and be who you
have been called to be, it’s time to be happy and not feel guilty because you
are, it’s time to do those things they told you were impossible, it’s time to love
more regardless, it’s time to be bold and stand for what you believe in, it’s
time to change for the better no matter what people say, it’s time to
appreciate and value you whether the world does or not, it’s time to know what
God says about you, it’s time to know who you were called to be, it’s time to
BECOME and finally it’s time to know, find, cherish, worship and love God.

I know that every blog, TV channel, newspaper and soft sell
magazine out there are busy talking about 2012 in retrospect and New Year
resolutions so I won’t bore you with any long talk. As you end this year and
enter 2013 think deeply...who will you live your life for in 2013.

About Me

Stella Damasus is a multi talented Actress, Singer, Speaker and Producer. Having over 100 films under her belt, she has worked with some of the greatest entertainers in Africa. Stella who is also a mother has been an actor for over two decades and is the Founder of the Stella Damasus Arts Foundation, ADIVA and is the Co-Founder of Index Two Studios, i2Radio and Mon Afrik TV